The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-25
STRAY BIS.
Colorado pays the highest average wages 70
female faachers


A Boston man was choked to death the
other day bya restaurant beefsteak
bronze statue Of Longfeliow is soon to De
erected in Portland, Ne, thecity OF his birth.
Karl Gerhardt's statue of Putnam, recently
unveiled at Brooklyn, Conn, netted him
$3.50.
A painting by Salvador Rosa has been dis
covered in Paris which is saidrto he worm
10000
The fund for a testimonial 70 Gen. Paine
and Designer Burgess foots up more than
$4,000
Fried mice for whooping cough once formed
a very popular treatment in England, and IN
some districts do still
Kalamazoo is shipping about five freight
cars full Of celery every week, besides about
fifty tons daily by express
A preacher Of Upson county, Ga, has mar
ried III couples since he has been in the min
istry and has received only one fee
England proposes TO raise 10000 for a
monument 10 Charles Dickens Already a
single person has contributed $4,000
The S-year-old child Of D. T. Ponder, Of
jackson, La, fell feet fired into bored well
forty three feet deep, and was fished out with
pothooks unhurt
A letter from Damascus tells Of arrange
ments for street cars through that ancient
city founded by Abraham, 1900 years before
the Christian era.
Edward Chadwick, of South Lyons, Conn,
has been postmaster for forty-eight consecu-
tive years, and has seen postage reduced
from twenty-five 20 two cents
Capt Joirs, of Brussels, Belgium who had
been deaf for fifteen years, accompanied an
aeronaut in a balloon ascension few weeks
ago. and when he reached the earth found
that he had been entirely cured.
Perhaps the most lucrative Office in the ma
tional government. next 10 the presidency
itself, is the clerkship Of the supreme court
at Washington II yields an annual income
in fees Of from s25, 800 TO $4,000.
There is a cotton plant at Narcosse, Fla.
which is over five feet across the branches
and has from $50 20 400 blooms, buds and
bolls 1t contains cotton in all its stages,
from the swelling bud 70 the mature article
itself
There is no place where the ups and downs
Of life occur more rapidly than in Washing
ton. and as a result the pawnbrokers Of the
capital are all wealthy The house occupied
by Secretary Villas was built by pawn
broker.
A Dakota bachelor succeeded in getting his
lady love out Of her fathers house, but be
was arrested when he stole back after her
clothing, and was committed 20 jail by the
Justice Of the peace whom he had retained 70
marry him
Londons Ragged Sunday Schools, which
are declared 10 be the great means Of reach
ing end improving the poor children Of that
city, are increasing fast Ia numbers and in-
auencc They now have 1000 scholars and
1000 teachers.
Mr. b. L. Milan, Of Waterford, Miss. has
a maidstone which was brought from China
in 1910. and which has since been used in
l,2sJ cases Of bites by snakes, spiders and
mad dogs I'm not a single instance has the
stone failed 10 effect a cure.
The queen regent Of Spain has signed
decree authorizing tho construction OF six
war vessels of 2 1000 tons each, with a speed Of
sixteen 10 twenty miles an hour, four tor
pedo boats. similar 10 the Ariete, and twenty
other torpedo boats Of sixty tons each
Dr. Frantzel, OF Berlin reporting on the
effect of tobacco on the heart says that
smoking will not affect a person for macy
years, aud that then there viii suddenly
come a trouble Of the heart. Common cigars,
be says, are not so likely 10 produce the
trouble as the finer ones.
In his autobiography the Rev Philip Tiof
man. "A German clergyman, who died near
Cassal not long ago, claims that he discog
cred the art Of photography IN 1888, or six
years before Daguerre's discovery, but was
unable 20 apply or utilize it owing to his lack
Of knowledge OF chemistry.
a patient at the Benevolent home in At
lanta was kept alvo by nitro glroerine for
for several days after cancer mthe stomach
had eaten away that organ entirely and re-
duced him to skeleton The explosive was
placed on his tongue and absorbed into his
system without being swallowed
Frank Winnie. Texas negro OF no educa-
ton, is said 70 be a prodigy Of mechanical
ccnius his talents in mechanics being similar
10 that OF Blind Tom in music. he exhibited
az the Dallas fair recently a steam engine of
small size but remarkable power which, IL is
predicted, will work a revolution in mechan-
zeal ideas.
The production OF locomotives in Europe
during tie year 1855 amounted in England
. 2.2O0: Germany, 200, France, 1000, Bel
gium, 900; Austria, 800. Switzerland, 10;
Italy, 20, Sweden, 80 Russia, 10, and Hol-
land, 20, in all, 6,4OJ engines. The largest
works IN the world are the Baldwin Locomo-
rive works, in Philadelphia, which are capa-
ole Of turning ont coo per year Bosig, IN
Berlin, can produce 800 in that time.
S. S. Cox has been very fortunate In his
literary ventures, from a financial stand
point lie made from $4,000 10 $4,000 out
ofhis Three Decadesof Federal legislation
Gis "prinkpos is selling well Ills publish
or3 think that "The Diversions Of Diplomat
will bring Alr. Cox a large return They
gave him round sum for the book, and viii
oay him a fair royalty on every copy sold
Nj. Cox works very rapidly On a push he
can turn out 1000 words an hour He begins
work as early a. O'Clock in the morning
de makes use Of a stenogTapher.
GREAT MEN OF THE PAST.